Not strictly him alone. Also it isn't really a competition, since he can time travel and declare it over whenever he wants. The whole thing's really more just an extended exercise in snake/manta/rhinoceros breeding...

This episode was pretty funny. The thought of Malshiina headlining every Sentai show is just mind bloggling and tiresome. But yeah, I think her explanations for her diabolical scheme actually makes sense. She keep getting pushed aside to make room for the new villains and she deserves better than that. Finally Luna makes herself to overcome this plot though and I thought she looked badass trying to fight without Akagi and Yumeria. But what was up with Akagi acting weird in the end and asking for Hakase to marry her when the battle is done? Lol...That was so out of the blue.

jolly_old_saint wrote:Not strictly him alone. Also it isn't really a competition, since he can time travel and declare it over whenever he wants. The whole thing's really more just an extended exercise in snake/manta/rhinoceros breeding...

Yeah, he was a dick running the most complicated scam possible. What a jerk.

He sure did look snazzy in that trenchcoat, though I wish he'd've combed his damn hair once in a while. Maybe he didn't know? Can you see your own reflections when you are a reflection? Hmm.

Am I the only one that wanted the whole season to be like this episode?

I mean, the first season was over the top, self-aware, sometimes just stupid and it was good exactly for those reasons.
The whole idea of fighting against the rigid plot and the ending of the show itself was brilliant.
Take away the self-awareness and the self-parody theme and season 2 is what's left, an average spoof show.

I never liked overly long setups (even when big movies with big directors try to pull that, 99% of times they fail really hard) and this one consumed most likely the majority of the season.

If they realize that the meta-meta-show is more interesting than just the meta/spoof-show, why didn't they do that from the start?